This isn't anything ground breaking but it was simple and quite a tasty breakfast. Alexis and I both liked them. If you don't have leftover tater tots, you could use leftover hash browns or home fries.

Baked Eggs Napoleon

servings: 2

Ingredients

12 ea tater tots, cooked and crumbled

1 tsp butter

1 Tbsp jalapeno, seeded and finely diced

1/4 cup sweet onion, diced

1 clove garlic, diced

1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

2 eggs

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350f. Preheat a small skillet over medium high heat.

Melt butter in the skillet and add the onion and jalapeno. Cook 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften.

Add the garlic and cook another minute, stirring occasionally.

Spray two small ramekin dishes with non-stick spray. Divide the crumbled tots between the two dishes.

Stir the onion, chile, garlic mixture into the dishes.

Top with the mozzarella.

Crack an egg into each ramekin. Season with salt and pepper.

Bake in the oven on the middle rack for 5 minutes.

Broil on high for 5-6 minutes or until the eggs are set.

Rest for 5 minutes before serving and warn diners that the ramekin is still hot. (see pictures for alternate serving idea)

Notes

For extra crispy potatoes, put the ramekins in the oven for 3 minutes after step 5 and then proceed as written.

Break the tater tots up coarsely, not too fine.

The egg will stay mostly centered if you make a divot or dip in the center.

You can serve right in the ramekins like this, but be careful - very hot.

I made these this morning. I used frozen french fries and cut them up and fried them up with the onions. I also made some bacon bits and put that in too. I didn't have a jalapeno so I just used some red chili flakes! It was so so good! Thank you!

I just made this and LOVED it. I found it on Pinterest. I scrambled the egg since I don't like my yolks runny. It worked out perfect because some of the egg found its way through the potatoes and on the bottom of the ramekin so it was sort of quiche-like. I also used the hash brown style potatoes in the frozen section that are little chopped up pieces, not tater tots or the shredded option. I just browned them in the pan with the onions and jalapeno. Worked great!

I've made this many times since finding this recipe on Pinterest. I've tried it w/ tater tots as well as Potatoes O'brien. I prefer the Potatoes O'brien and I use a jack/cheddar mix instead of mozzarella. I also cook a strip of bacon, crumble it up, then sprinkle some on top of the potato layer (before putting it in the oven of course), then sprinkle the rest of the strip on top once you take it out of the oven. This is the BEST recipe I've gotten from Pinterest so far!